Improvement in combined corsets and skirt-supporters



SARAH R. MENCHER.

COMBINED CORSET AND SKI-RT-SUPPORTER.

Patented Feb. 8,18%.

Attorney d ".PETERS. PHOTULITHQGRAFHER. WASHINGTON DC Umn STATES SARAHR. MENCHER, OF NORMAL, ILLINOIS.

IMPROV EMENT IN COMBINED CORSETS AND SKIRT-SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Pate'nt No. 173,323, datedFebruary 8, 1876 application filed November 18, l875.-

construction and arrangement of corsets and skirt-supporters for ladies,the peculiarities of which will be hereinafter more particularly setforth. i

In the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, Figure 1represents a view of the corsets. Fig. 2 represents a viewof the corsetsand supporter combined, and Fig. 8 represents a view of the supporterdetached.

In the figure, A represents a pair of corsets, which may be-constructedin any of the known and usual ways, and either fancy or plain, havingeyelet-holes andlaces onthe sides, and the usual fastenings on thefront, for removing them from or closing them upon the person of thewearer.

These corsets may be quilted, as desired,-

and so formed that they will closely and neatly fitthe person. They areprovided with shoulder-bands, as seen,to help support them. B representsthe skirt-supporter, which is made as follows: I take a curved elasticmetal or other suitable rod or bar, 0, and around "thisl wind, in spiralform, a wire, d, which has sufficient strength to sustain the weight tobe placed upon it. This wire is so wound that it will taper from itscenter toward its ends in its coil, said coil being of such diameter asto suit the taste of the wearer. The length of the coil is justsufficient to reach around the back and to the laces or eyelets on thesides of the corsets.

It will be seen that-coil can be made so that it will hold the skirtswell out immediately behind, and tapered so that they will fit snugly atits ends, or on the sides of the person of the wearer.

,A hook, e, is secured to the rod 0, and one or more eyes or loops,aware secured to the corsets, for the purpose of connecting thesupporters and the corsets together. The eyes or loops are graduated forthe purpose of allowing the waist to hemade longer or shorter.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a pair of corsets having one-or more eyelets orloops, as, at the central part of the back, of the bustle formed of acurved elastic strip, 0, with a coil, 01, around the same, and having ahook, e, to engage with the eyelet or loop or in the corset-back, andadditionally connected at the ends of the strip to the corset, allconstructed and arranged substantially as set forth. I

In-testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this50th day of October, 1875.

SARAH It. MENGHER.

Witnesses:

RICHARD A. WADE, W. M. HATCH.

Prion.

